Turkish Higher Education Quality Assurance and PLacement for University System Erasmus Project

Project Title

Turkish Higher Education Quality Assurance and PLacement for University System

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Quality Assurance; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

In this project, the participating organisations aimed to implement AlmaLaurea (AL) system (http://www.almalaurea.it/en) in Turkey. AL is a nonprofit interuniversity system designed and developed in Italy used by 65 member universities and the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. AL keeps track of students and plays a major role in matching university graduates and employers. Unlike commercial solutions through which employers and employees can match, AL system offers a more comprehensive solution both for the job matching process and for the enhancement of the education quality. AL system provides annual reports containing a detailed data analysis of graduates’ information (academic background certified by the university, satisfaction with the education received and with the university overall, geographical, social and economic background, work and internship experiences, future plans, and the sectors in which graduates work) to universities and participating organizations. It can be understand that the aim was to adapt the system according to the needs of the labor market and the higher education in Turkey. There were three participating universities from Turkey: Izmir University (which was closed due to statutory decree in July 2016), the coordinator, Ege University, and Sinop University.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 81802,55 Eur

Project Coordinator

IZMIR UNIVERSITESI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Sinop Üniversitesi
• UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA
• CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO ALMALAUREA
• EGE UNIVERSITY